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The Nomad Soul ™ Quantic Dream 1999. © & Published by Eidos Interactive 1999. All Rights Reserved. EPILEPSY WARNING Limited Warranty Sold Out Software reserves the right to make changes and improvements to this product at any time and without notice. Sold Please read before using this video game system or allowing your children to use it. Some Out Software warrants to the original purchaser of this product that the physical medium on which the software program in this people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or loss of consciousness when exposed to product is recorded will under normal use and conditions be free from material defects in materials and workmanship for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase. The entire liability of Sold Out Software under the limited warranty set out above will be certain flashing lights or light patterns in everyday life. Such people may have a at its sole option either to repair or to replace free of charge the product provided you return it in its original condition to the point of seizure while watching certain television images or playing certain video games. purchase with a copy of your receipt. This may happen even if the person has no medical history of epilepsy or has THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS. SUBJECT TO THE LIMITED WARRANTY ABOVE, never had any epileptic seizures. If you or anyone in your family has ever THIS PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY had symptoms related to epilepsy (seizures or loss of consciousness) when APPLICABLE LAW, SOLD OUT SOFTWARE FURTHER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE IMPLIED BY LAW, STATUTE, CUSTOM OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, exposed to flashing lights, consult your doctor prior to playing. We advise AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCT. that parents should monitor the use of video games by their children. If you or your child experience any of the following symptoms: dizziness, Customer Support blurred vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of consciousness, If you require technical assistance, call the Technical Support helpline on: disorientation, any involuntary movement or convulsion, while playing a video game, IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your doctor. +44 (0)20 7928 9655

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122 12 INSTRUMENTAL SONGS CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...... 4 1. Akas Bar * 20. Fight Scene Three * THE SNEAK ...... 16 LOOKING AROUND...... 32 What is it? ...... 16 First Person Perspective...... 32 2. Awaken 2 ** 21. Fight Scene Four * TECHNICAL...... 5 Accessing the SNEAK...... 17 Investigating ...... 33 3. Bar Concert * 22. Fight Scene Five * SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...... 5 SNEAK Modes...... 18 4. Epilogue * 23. Shooting Scene A * INSTALLATION ...... 5 Getting Back to the Game...... 25 SURVIVING...... 33 5. Gandhar * 24. Shooting Scene B * LOADING ...... 5 Checking your Energy ...... 33 THE MULTIPLAN VIRTUAL LOCKER...26 Eating and Drinking ...... 34 6. Gandhar Ambient * 25. Shooting Scene C * THE MAIN MENU...... 6 Accessing the Multiplan...... 26 Money...... 35 7. Jangir ** 26. Shooting Scene D * MENU CONTROLS...... 6 Transfering items to 8. Jaunpur Casbah Ambient * 27. Shooting Scene E * NEW GAME ...... 7 the Multiplan ...... 27 FIGHTING AND COMBAT ...... 35 9. Jaunpur Casbah * 28. Pretty Things Are Going To Hell LOAD GAME...... 7 Transfering items from The Fighting Controls...... 36 10. Loge Akas Bar Ambient * (Easy Listening Version) ** OPTIONS...... 7 the Multiplan ...... 27 The Shooting Controls...... 37 Video Option...... 7 Examining Objects ...... 27 11. Nomad Soul * 29. We All Go Through Audio Options ...... 8 Deleting Objects...... 28 SWIMMING ...... 38 12. Palace Ambient * (Easy Listening Version) ** Game Options...... 9 The Swimming Controls ...... 39 13. Peep Show * 30. The Dreamers Controls...... 10 SAVING YOUR GAME ...... 28 14. Qualisar ** (Easy Listening Version) ** Quit ...... 11 In-game Save and MANA AND SPELLCASTING ...... 39 Advice Points ...... 28 15. Save Your Soul * 31. Thursday’s Child GETTING STARTED...... 12 Magic Rings...... 29 CREDITS ...... 40 (Easy Listening Version) ** 16. Shooting Gallery * THE BASICS ...... 12 17. Thrust ** 32. Market Place * The 3D World of Omikron...... 12 GETTING AROUND OMIKRON ...... 30 OMIKRON: THE NOMAD SOUL ...... 43 18. Fight Scene One * 33. Asteroth * Action Sequences...... 12 Walking ...... 30 INSTRUMENTAL SONGS ...... 46 19. Fight Scene Two * 34. Room of The Throne * The Control Keys ...... 13 Using Elevators ...... 30 Conversations ...... 14 Using the Sliders ...... 30 * Written and performed by Reeves Gabrels ** Written by and Performed by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels. Animation Screens...... 15 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ...... 47 Publisher:NorthAmerica My Half Music (ASCAP) administered by Bug Music, Inc. Publisher:NorthAmerica Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., Rest Of World My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. My Half Music (ASCAP) administered by Bug Music, Inc. Picking Up Objects/Items...... 15 Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. Inventory Management...... 15

46 3 INTRODUCTION “The Dreamers” Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) I have many things to tell you, and very little time. My... my administered by Bug Music, Inc. name is Kay’l, I come from a parallel universe to yours. My Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. world needs your help, you’re the only one who can save us. I succeeded in opening a breach between my world and yours. © 1999 David Bowie under exclusive license to Virgin Records America, Inc. Through your computer, you can enter our world and help us. David Bowie appears courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc. But in order to do this, you must transfer your soul into my body.

Do you accept? Press any key to say yes, but hurry... there isn’t much time.

I knew I could count on you. Now you must concentrate. You’ve done it. Now your soul occupies my body. This is the last time that we’ll be able to speak together. Once you’ve crossed the breach, you’ll be on your own. I will take over my body when you leave the game, and hold your place for you until you return.

Now I must explain to you how to control my body. These are the main controls that allow you to act in my universe.

That’s it. You’re ready. But remember, once you’ve crossed the breach, you’re on your own.

There’s no saving and going back if you get into trouble. You are entering a real world. If you make mistakes, you’ll just have to accept the consequences.

Now listen carefully. To begin your investigation, go first to my apartment. There’s no more time to talk, you must cross the breach before it closes. Oh and one more thing... be careful with my body, it’s the only one I’ve got.

4 45 “Seven” TECHNICAL Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS administered by Bug Music, Inc. Minimum: Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. • Pentium 233MHz processor or equivalent 100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible Soundcard • Windows® 95/98 4x CD-ROM Drive “We All Go Through” • 32 Mb RAM 350MB Hard Disc Space Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels • 4 Mb SVGA Video Card (100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible) DirectX® 6.1 or higher (included on CD) Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) administered by Bug Music, Inc. Recommended: Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. • Pentium® II 266MHz (or better) • 8x CD-ROM Drive or faster “The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell” • 4 Mb 3D Card (100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible) Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., Exploded View Music Installation (ASCAP) administered by Bug Music, Inc. • Insert The Nomad Soul CD 1 into your CD-ROM drive. If Autorun is enabled, The Nomad Soul will take you to the Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., Exploded View Music/Bug Music, Ltd. Installation Screen. • Simply click on the Install button and follow all on-screen directions. You will be asked to insert CDs 2 and 3. “Omikron (New Angels of Promise)” Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) • Once The Nomad Soul is installed it will appear in the Program group on the Start Menu. administered by Bug Music, Inc. Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. Loading • Select Start/Programs/Eidos Interactive/Quantic Dream/The Nomad Soul and then highlight ‘The Nomad Soul’. • The game will now load.

44 5 THE MAIN MENU OMIKRON: THE NOMAD SOUL

MENU CONTROLS “Thursday’s Child” To navigate through all menus in The Nomad Soul use the following keys: Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) To Select Arrow (Cursor) Keys administered by Bug Music, Inc. Use Left/Right/Up/Down to navigate through various menu options. The Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. relevant selections will be highlighted. “Something In The Air” To Action / Use Enter Key Pressing the Enter Key will select any highlighted option. Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) To Cancel Action/Return to Previous Menu Spacebar administered by Bug Music, Inc. Pressing the spacebar will always return you to the previous menu or Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. cancel an action. “Survive” The first screen you will see is the Main Menu screen. This gives you the following Options: Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) administered by Bug Music, Inc. Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd.

6 43 CREDITS: EIDOS INTERACTIVE NEW GAME Start a new game of The Nomad Soul. You will have to enter a Game Name, (using the keyboard) then you will be shown the introduction. Producer UK Herve Albertazzi Localisation Flavia T Grant with Holly Andrews Shadow Producer US Tom Marx LOAD GAME Development Managers Europe David Rose Select Load Game to open the Load Game Menu. This will reveal a list of previously saved games Senior Designer Philip Campbell US Nicholas Earl • Simply highlight the name of the saved game you want to load and press Enter to select. Additional support and ideas Paul Glancey Product Managers UK Michael Newey Then highlight the Load option. Press Enter again to Load and The Nomad Soul will load US Susan Boshkoff to the saved point. QA Managers UK Tony Bourne France Olivier Salomon US Mike McHale Germany Lars Wittkuhn In this menu screen you can also Delete a Saved Game or Cancel the Menu (to return to the QA Project Co-Ordinator Dominic Berzins previous screen). PR UK Jonathan Rosenblatt & QA Teams: UK David Rousseau with Steve Starvis OPTIONS Nicolas Gianel France Priscille Demoly Guillaume Petit Germany Sascha Gree-Kaiser This features a range of options to set up the game to suit the specification of your particular David Asenkat machine. You might need to adjust some of these Options if you find that the game is running slow. Jon Reddington Creative Manager: Matt Carter-Johnson Tyrone O’Neil Creative Co-ordinator: Caroline Simon Video Option Linus Dominique Video Options gives you a chance to configure the game graphics to the specification of your Sammy Kil SPECIAL THANKS TO: machine. Select with the option with the arrow keys and confirm by pressing the Action key. Alexandre Lepoureau Charles Cornwall, Ian Livingstone, Mike McGarvey, John Kavanagh, US Clayton Palma with Rob Dyer, William Zysblat, Robert Goodale, Janey de Nordwall, Nick Chris Lovenguth Davies, Debbie Lash, Eva Whitlow, Rose Montgomery, Lee Briggs, RESOLUTION Pierre Roux, Paul Sheppard, Amanda & Sam. Select a screen resolution (640x480; 800x600; etc)

Compatibility Testing Jason Walker Manual text The Write Stuff CLIPPING DISTANCE Manual design & layout A Creative Experience, Select a Clipping Distance from Very Near to Very Far London

42 7 DISPLAY SKY YES/NO Sound Effects, Ambient & Body Motion Capture by: Acti System Select whether to display sky graphics or not Additional tracks: Xavier Despas QUANTIC DREAM WOULD LIKE TO THANK: Original English Voices by: David Bowie John for his faith. Bruno for believing when there really was no DISPLAY SHADOWS YES/NO David Gasman reason to. Iman, David and Reeves for their enthusiasm, their Select to display shadow effects Paul Bandey talent and their intelligence. Charles for accepting the challenge. Karen Strassman Philip for his support and enthusiasm. Eidos and Eidos, France. DETAIL LEVEL Christian Erickson Tony and Ed for the quality of the casting and devoting so much Select a level of detail from Low to High. Barbara Weber time to us. All the people that sent us encouraging e-mails and Gay Marshall supported us from the start. Our wives and girlfriends for being STREET ACTIVITY Edward Marcus patient and understanding. All the staff at Quantic Dream for the Select a level of ‘street activity’ from None/Low/Medium/High/Very High Allan Wenger sleepless nights and the long week-ends. Joe Rezwin Patrick Floersheim Original Songs and SELECT 3D ACCELERATION Soundtrack: David Bowie & Reeves Gabrels Choose a 3D acceleration mode from Display (your 3D card), Software Rendering (in software) Iman 631: Iman or Direct X Software Renderer Facial Lipsynching and The Dreamers: David Bowie Dialogue Motion Capture: Tribu Audio Options Reeves Gabrels Audio options give you control over all of the audio elements of The Nomad Soul Gail Ann Dorsey Mr Bowie’s Motion Capture created & performed by Edouard Locke

DIALOGUE VOLUME Sound Engineer: Jean-Jacques Toroella Use the arrow keys to adjust the slider for character speech volume Motion Capture Acting: Marc Chung Minh Minh Ngo AMBIENT VOLUME Pascal Gentil Use the arrow keys to adjust the slider for background sound volume Emmanuelle Parlant Tony Dehas

8 41 CREDITS: QUANTIC DREAM SOUND FX Use the arrow keys to adjust the slider for all sound effects volume

Written and Directed by David Cage Francois Kermorvant 3D SOUND Stephane Fournier Project Manager: Olivier Demangel Julien Varnier Select to enable 3D sound (if applicable to your system) Christophe Vivet Internal Producer: Anne Devouassoux Jean-Charles Meyrignac Game Options Game Options allow you to set in-game options and difficulty levels Designs and Graphics: Loic Normand with Animations: Tony Lejuez with Lead Graphists: Stephane Elbaz - Philippe Aballea Christophe Leulier FIGHT DIFFICULTY Olivier Demangel Xavier Malard Select a level of difficulty for the fight sections of the game from Easy, Medium or Hard Edouard Pham Yan Le Gall Xavier Malard SHOOT DIFFICULTY Eric Seigaud IAM scripting: Sophie Buhl with Pierre Roux Nathalie Chody Select a level of difficulty for the shooting sections of the game from Easy, Medium or Hard Nathalie Chody Audrey Leprince Tsoa Rakotoarisoa FIGHT CAMERA Kamel Gali Cameras: Daniel Cinglant & David Cage Select your preference of camera view for the fight sequences, from Side or Back View. Franck Aubessard Amar Hamidi Dialogue: Christophe Leulier Corentin Jaffre Tsoa Rakotoarisoa Yann Legal Marie Catherine Herveau Anne Devouassoux Programming: Olivier Nallet & Regis Carlier Fabien Fessard with Frederic Hanoulle Antoine Viau

40 9 Controls The Swimming Controls SET KEYBOARD & MOUSE CONTROLS All control settings in The Nomad Soul are fully customisable. By selecting this option you will be able to redefine all Forward Up Arrow controls used in the following action sections: Back Down Arrow Turn Left Left Arrow ADVENTURE CONTROLS Moving around the 3D world Turn Right Right Arrow Action / Use Enter FIGHT CONTROLS Dive Right CTRL Unarmed fighting controls Crawl Stroke Right Shift SHOOT CONTROLS MANA AND SPELLCASTING Armed fighting controls At some point in your adventure you will need to cast spells. Mana (the value in the SWIM CONTROLS Characteristics Mode of the SNEAK) is the energy that empowers you to cast spells. You can Swimming controls increase your Mana level by gathering potions throughout the adventure on Omikron and using them as appropriate. To redefine a key: • Highlight the function you want to change • Press Enter and it will begin to flash • Press the new selected key on the keyboard/mouse and it will appear on-screen

10 39 SWIMMING MOUSE SETTINGS Your character will have to swim at various points in the adventure. You can make him swim on the water (crawl or Adjusts the settings for your Mouse and will give you the following options: breaststroke), dive and swim underwater. Be aware that, unless you have made special provisions, he will use up oxygen and will need to come to the surface to rest and take in more air. MOUSE SENSITIVITY (HORIZONTAL) and MOUSE SENSITIVITY (VERTICAL) If you find your Mouse too responsive or less responsive on either plane, adjust here using the arrow keys.

INVERT MOUSE This will invert the vertical control of the Mouse.

SET JOYPAD CONTROLS Same as ‘Set Keyboard and Mouse controls’ but:

To redefine a button: • Highlight the button you want to change • Press Action and it will begin to flash • Press the new selected button on the joypad etc and it will appear on screen

Quit Select this option to Quit the game. You will be asked to confirm your choice.

38 11 GETTING STARTED HEALTH BARS Your Health bar will appear on the left of your screen to show your health in any combat.

You’ve installed and loaded the game, set up your options, watched the introduction and now you’re eager to get on with The Shooting Controls the game - what else do you need to know? The Nomad Soul is a game where you will discover many things so, in this manual, you will be told nothing about the story or how to succeed in the game, it will only give you essential information Forward Up Arrow that you will need to enjoy the game fully. Backward Down Arrow THE BASICS Strafe Left Left Arrow The 3D World of Omikron Strafe Right Right Arrow You control a character who is exploring a vast 3D world. Neither you, Fire Shift / Left Mouse Button nor the character, know anything about this world but everything is there to be discovered. There are messages to be read, objects to be Action / Use Enter picked up, other characters to talk to, and items to be bought. There Jump Spacebar / Right Mouse Button is no end to the things you can do in this game but it’s up to you to Crouch Right CTRL structure your actions in such a way as to help you through the adventure. Don’t worry that you might get lost in this vast world - Change Weapon Alt there are several devices that will easily bring you back on track. Turn Left Number Pad 4 Turn Right Number Pad 6 Action Sequences The Nomad Soul is not just an adventure game. It also features unarmed fighting (in side-on or behind view), with all Look Up Number Pad 8 the excitement of discovering secret moves, punches, kicks etc; armed combat (in first person view), featuring a variety Look Down Number Pad 2 of deadly enemies, weapons, ammo, manoeuvres etc; and swimming sequences - sometimes it will be necessary for your character to get into the water and swim to other parts of the world. All these action sequences have their own fully customisable key controls.

12 37 The Fighting Controls The Control Keys The Adventure part of the game can be controlled using the Adventure/Movement Keys listed below. All keys are shown Move Forward Right Arrow here but when you are playing the game you would be wise to have The Nomad Soul Key Guide close at hand. Move Backward Left Arrow ADVENTURE/MOVEMENT CONTROL KEYS Strafe Left Delete

Strafe Right End Move Forward Up Arrow Jump Up Arrow Move Backwards Down Arrow Crouch Down Arrow Turn Left Left Arrow Punch 1 Q Turn Right Right Arrow Punch 2 W Strafe / Half Turn Control Kick 1 A Action/Use Enter Kick 2 S Jump/Cancel Spacebar First Person View Left Mouse Button or Key ‘L’ (Held down) Note: There are many other ‘special moves’ involving various combinations of keys there to be discovered. Run Shift Open ‘SNEAK’ TAB

Note that the Spacebar will make the character jump when moving around the 3D world but it will also cancel an action. For example, if a character is holding an object (picked up using the Action key) and you want to return it, simply press the Spacebar.

36 13 Conversations AT THE RESTAURANT You will not make any progress in the game without talking to other characters. They will give you valuable information Restaurants are similar to vending machines. (good or bad) that you may be able to use later. • To talk to another character, approach him/her and press Action. If he/she has anything to say, the screen will change To drink or eat the item: (widescreen style and text will appear below it). • Select the item on the SNEAK and press Action. • Select the ‘Use’ option at the top of the screen and press Action (your character will have consumed the item).

Money Remember that everything has a price (in Seteks) and you cannot buy anything without money. When you buy something the total will be deducted from your Setek total shown in your SNEAK. Your character will find some Seteks in various locations but there are opportunities to get more money throughout the game (look out for ads or flyers announcing these opportunities). Money will help you buy better weapons (which are readily available but sometimes very expensive) or even advice.

FIGHTING AND COMBAT You cannot succeed in The Nomad Soul without learning how to fight unarmed and with If a character is talking at length and you want to read the subtitles that have yet to appear, you will see two red arrows weapons. There are several opportunities to develop your skills in both these types of combat next to the text. Use your up/down arrow keys to view next/previous subtitles. in the early stages of the game. You’re advised to take these opportunities when you can - they will build up your experience and sharpen up all your fighting skills. Practice and You will at some point have to respond. If a response is needed then a list of choices may be shown. Read these carefully experience of actual combat and various potions can improve the character statistics (for what you say may be crucial), highlight your choice and press Action. The character will then act on your response. shown in the SNEAK.

If you’ve already talked to the character and wish to move quickly through conversation sections of the game then you can press the Action to progress.

14 35 MEDIKITS Animation Screens Medikits can be found in many locations. Pick them up and put them into your SNEAK as normal and they will be shown on Throughout The Nomad Soul you will be shown animated sequences of vital information - these animations could be a the Inventory list. preview of an action section showing you the area you will have to battle in etc. In all cases the screen will switch to ‘widescreen mode’ to let you know that all you have to do is watch the next section To top up your energy level (if you are anticipating a fight): • Open your SNEAK (press Tab) Picking Up Objects/Items • Select the Medikit (large or small) using the arrow keys and press Action. You will find many objects or items in The Nomad Soul. Some of these objects • Select the USE option and press Action - you will find that your character has had an energy boost. may be useful to you (some will be crucial to your investigations) but others will not. It is up to you to decide. If you see an object that you want to Eating and Drinking pick up, move the character close to it and press Action, the character will There are many places in Omikron that provide food and drink to sustain your character - they could be anything from pick it up in his hand and a message will inform you what it is. bars, vending machines or restaurants. If you want to take the object press Action again and it will be placed into AT THE BAR your SNEAK Inventory (see below). If you do not want the object, press If you want a drink in a bar, stand close to a bartender and press Action. You will be asked what you want. Cancel. This will make the character return it to its original location. Once • Select your choice and press Action. you have the object in your possession, you can choose to Use it or Examine it by accessing the SNEAK options. VENDING MACHINES There is a selection of standard food/drink vending machines on Omikron. Inventory Management • Stand in front of the machine and press Action. You will see a menu screen allowing you to choose from Buy, Examine You cannot hold everything you find in your hands. You have the use of a ‘SNEAK’ that, among its many uses, will help you or Quit. manage your inventory of all the objects you have collected. • Highlight the Buy icon with the arrow keys and press Action • Select the item from the list with the arrow keys and press Action to put it into your SNEAK inventory (say, a can of beer).

34 15 THE SNEAK Investigating You’re advised to investigate everything you find - this may take time but you do not want to miss out on any item or information that could be crucial to your success in the adventure. If there is a cupboard and it’s open (or you find a key) why not open it and see what’s inside? • Stand your character in front of the cupboard etc and press Action. The character’s hand will touch the cupboard and open it - if it’s locked or it’s not worth bothering about, he will tell you.

Inside the cupboard there may be nothing or there may be several useful objects. • Stand close to the objects and press Action to pick one up.

A description will appear on the screen. • If you want to take it press Action again. What is it? • If you want to drop it press the Cancel button. Grafted on to Kay’l’s forearm is the latest Khonsu-designed SNEAK - the MK400 computer terminal. It can perform a large number of useful tasks and give you vital information about the world you are exploring (and your own character!). Some cupboards have several objects, to pick up all items repeat the above process.

You will probably use it most often for inventory management. SURVIVING Your character is on a world he knows nothing about. Chances of survival are low unless you get to grips with the basics Thanks to the latest molecular disassembly technology, the MK400 enables you to carry up to 18 different objects with such as eating and drinking, keeping up energy levels and acquiring money. you on your adventure. The SNEAK can be used in conjunction with the Multiplan Virtual Locker that allows you to store objects and retrieve them easily and efficiently and can be accessed from many points in the game world (see later). Checking your Energy Using and controlling the SNEAK is an essential part of the game. It is accessible at all times in the adventure section It’s important that you check the energy level of your character. If it is too low that character cannot perform to the of the game. maximum and will probably lose any fights or be adversely affected by any physical exertion. To add energy the character can eat food, drink or use any Medikits or correct potions picked up during the adventure for an instant boost. Special Note: SNEAKs have technical limitations. If you ever switch SNEAKS, certain types of objects (like weapons and Medikits) will not be transferred to your new SNEAK.

16 33 LOOKING AROUND Accessing the SNEAK First Person Perspective • Press the TAB Key to open the SNEAK menu. The Nomad Soul will select a view of the adventure for you in ‘cinematic style’ (long shots, close-ups, high angle, tracking shots etc.) This adds to the ‘cinematic’ quality of the adventure. However, at certain points you may want to know just The SNEAK will always open on the Inventory option (probably the most used option) but the following is a breakdown of what it is you are about to walk into and the default view taken by the game is not helpful. In such a case: everything it does: • Either, press (and hold down) the left mouse button, • Or, press (and hold down) key ‘L’ to get a first person perspective view through the eyes of your character. Characteristics

Call the slider Quit

Inventory Seteks

Memory Magic Rings

Options Map

• Then you can look all around you by moving the mouse freely.

This view will only work when the character is standing still.

32 17 SNEAK Modes CALLING THE SLIDER There are six SNEAK Modes accessible: • Highlight the second icon down (green) from the left using the arrow keys. This will flash and change the SNEAK Mode • Your Character to Calling the Slider. • Calling the Slider • Inventory (includes Saving, Currency and Map) • Memory •Options • Quit

YOUR CHARACTER This is an ID on which character you are in the game (it can change) and on the varying abilities of that character. • Using the arrow keys highlight the top left (blue) icon. The icon will flash when highlighted and a rotating image of your character will appear in the visual display. • Press the right arrow key and you will highlight the Identity box. This will display all character details such as Name, Age, Sex, Blood Type etc. • Press the right arrow key to highlight the ‘Calling the Slider’ options. • Press the right arrow key again and you will highlight the • Use the up/down arrow keys to select a location you want to be taken to (eg Kay’l’s Apartment) and press Action. Characteristics box. This will display a range of values for the character: If you are not in a suitable location to be picked up by the Slider you will be given a message to that effect.

If you are by a roadside, your screen view will change to a chase view of a Slider responding to your call and you will follow it as it makes its way towards your character. • When it arrives, get your character close to it (somewhere near the middle) and press Action.

The Slider door will open and you will get in. Be careful standing in or crossing the road - you might get hit by the traffic!

The Slider will drive you to the correct address and deposit you as near as possible to the building entrance.

18 31 GETTING AROUND OMIKRON ENERGY This section gives you a brief overview of the ways you can move your character around Omikron. A general value for the amount of energy the character has. A low value before a fight or combat, or any form of physical exertion, is not advised. Energy can be topped up using Medikits, Food or Walking special Potions. Obviously you’re going to do a lot of walking in this adventure. Use the arrow keys for Forward/Backward/Left/Right + Control Left/Right for side-step left/right. If you want to run whilst moving forward, hold down the Run. MANA The ability of the character to cast spells. Using Elevators This is a vast world where most apartments, offices and buildings have to be accessed via elevators. To change levels in FIGHT EXPERIENCE most buildings or to get access to most apartments, simply enter the elevator and press Enter. Offices such as the A general description of the fighting experience of the character. This can be improved Security Centre will offer you a number of levels that can be accessed. by practice. • Use the arrow keys to select a level and press Action to activate the elevator. ATTACK The unarmed fighting ‘bonus’ of the character. The higher this value is, the more damage your character will inflict on opponents. This can only be improved by practice.

DODGE The combat agility of the character. This can be improved by practice.

BODY RESISTANCE Using the Sliders The ability of the character to resist or defend himself against an attack. One of the first things you will have to do in the adventure is get to Kay’l’s apartment and to do this quickly you will have to use a Slider. Sliders are the personal transportation system on Omikron and are the means by which you will travel SPEED around the vast world. The speed of the character in armed combat situations. This can be improved by practice.

Remember that different characters will have different abilities. Study these carefully and use them wisely.

30 19 THE SLIDER TRANSPORTER SAVING THE GAME The next icon on your SNEAK is the control for calling the Slider. • The top option shows ‘New Save’. Highlight the Save option and press Action. The game will be saved and you will be returned to the 3D world. The name will be dependant on which character you are playing, the date and time of the save. You can walk to many destinations in the game world but to get somewhere fast you will use a ‘Slider’. Sliders are individual transportation vehicles on Omikron GETTING ADVICE that will, when summoned, pick you up when you are outside and take you to a • The second option allows you to Buy Advice. A list of characters you have pre-designated address. met and talked to is shown with details of the key information you should be acting on. Highlight the character you want advice about and you will see CALLING THE SLIDER a cost in Magic Rings (and a summary of how many Rings you are carrying). • Highlight the second icon (green) down from the left using the arrow keys. This will flash and change the SNEAK If you have sufficient Rings, select Buy or Cancel. Mode to Calling the Slider. • Press the right arrow key to highlight the ‘Calling the Slider’ options. • Use the up/down arrow keys to select a location you want to be taken to (e.g. Kay’l’s Apartment) and press Action. Magic Rings As mentioned above, you may have found a number of special magic rings in the adventure that are now in your SNEAK (in a special section along with your Omikron currency and Map). These magic rings can be collected like other objects but will appear in your SNEAK Inventory as a rotating object.

If you are not in a suitable location to be picked up by the Slider you will be given a message to that effect. If you Note that Magic Rings can have other uses and that there are a limited number available in the game. are by a roadside, your screen view will change to a chase view of the Slider and you will follow it as it makes its way towards you. When it arrives, get close to the door (located near its middle) and press Action. The Slider door will open and you will get in. Be careful standing in the road - you might get run over by the traffic! The Slider will drive you to your destination and deposit you as near as possible to the building entrance.

20 29 Deleting Objects INVENTORY You can delete any object from the Multiplan list. The next mode on the SNEAK is the Inventory. This is one of the main uses of the SNEAK. Control of inventory is crucial • Highlight the fourth icon down using the arrow key and press Action. to success in the game. • Select an item using the up/down arrow keys and press Action, that item will be deleted permanently. Think twice before you do this! Throughout the game there will be objects that can be picked up. To pick up an item, stand near the object and press Action. Your character will pick it up and a short description will appear on the screen. If you want to keep the object SAVING YOUR GAME (you think it might be useful later in the game) press Action again and it will be transferred to the SNEAK and will then It’s very important to save the game as often as you can, because you’ll never know what’s going to happen to your appear in this Inventory section. If you want to drop it press Cancel. character just around the next corner. To save a game you need to find any of the permanent Save/Advice Points and use Magic Rings. ACCESSING THE INVENTORY • Highlight the third icon down (brown) on the left using the arrow keys. The icon will flash and change the display In-game Save/Advice Points on the SNEAK to a list of Inventory items. Throughout the game there are pre-set Save/Advice Points indicated by three rotating rings. • To save your game, simply approach the rings and press the Action key. Magic Rings Map

This will open the Save/Advice Option screen. This allows you to save the current Seteks List game and to ‘buy’ advice about key aspects of the game.

• Press the right arrow key once and this will highlight one of possibly three objects in your possession. These items are always with you and can be added to throughout the game

28 21 SETEKS Transferring items to the Multiplan The Setek is the Omikron currency and you won’t survive long without money. If you find Seteks during the adventure The top option is the transfer TO the Multiplan from the SNEAK inventory. they will be added here. When you spend money the total will be deducted from that shown here. • Highlight the top right icon. An arrow will flash pointing into the blue box and the message panel at the top of the screen will read ‘Transfer to Multiplan’. MAGIC RINGS • To transfer items from the SNEAK to the Multiplan press Action (the arrow will stay lit). The rings held in the Inventory have two uses - most importantly a Ring enables you to Save a game at special saving • Now you can select one of the objects with the up/down arrow keys. points (see below Saving the Game). Rings can be found in various locations but there are a limited number in the game. • When you have highlighted an item, press Action. That item will disappear from the SNEAK list. It has been transferred A Ring can also be used as a means to Buy Advice (see below). to the Virtual Locker.

MAP Transferring items from the Multiplan The map is accessible when your character is out on the city streets. Select with the arrow keys and press Enter. You In the same way you can transfer items FROM the Virtual Locker back to your Inventory. will see a map of the district. • Highlight the second icon down on the right. A flashing red arrow pointing out from a red box will show ‘Transfer from Multiplan’. INVENTORY LIST • Press the right arrow again and you will highlight an object on the Inventory list. The SNEAK holds these objects Now the central display will show you what is currently in the Virtual Locker. in molecularly disassembled form. • Select an item, using the arrow keys, and press Action. It will be moved out of the Multiplan and returned to your • Select an object from your inventory and then press Action. The panel at the top of the screen will be highlighted SNEAK. showing USE - USE ON - EXAMINE. Examining Objects By using the arrow key left/right you can highlight these options for that object: You can also examine all objects held in the Virtual Locker and in the SNEAK Use Use it immediately (such as a key for an apartment). Press Action in the 3D world and it will be used. • Highlight the third icon down using the up/down arrow keys and press Action. Use On Use it with something else. Select an object, press Action, select USE ON with the arrow keys, • Select an item, using the up/down arrow keys, and press Action. select another object and press Action again. If the combination is impossible you will be told. Examine Look at the object (you will usually see the object in rotating form or read any message or text on You will see that object on the screen. the object).

22 27 THE MULTIPLAN VIRTUAL LOCKER If the Inventory list is longer than the visible screen press the down arrow to scroll down. Remember that the Cancel The SNEAK will only hold a limited number of objects but the game requires that you have access to a wide range of items. button will always return you to the previous menu. On Omikron these objects can be stored in a virtual locker. Working in conjunction with the Khonsu MK400 SNEAK, the Multiplan Virtual Locker is accessible on many locations in Omikron (Kay’l’s Apartment, Office, other characters’ offices The SNEAK will only carry a limited number of objects (18) and must therefore be used in conjunction with the Multiplan etc.) Essentially it is the means by which you can transfer objects to a safe place without having to carry everything Virtual Locker (see below). Always check your inventory. It will be the default selection when you press TAB to open around with you. the SNEAK. If you do not have the right item in your possession in certain stages of the game, you will not succeed in your quest! Accessing the Multiplan • Locate a terminal then stand your character in front of it and press Action. MEMORY The next section of the SNEAK is the Memory function.

Throughout the game you will have many conversations with characters or read items in newspapers, see news broadcasts etc that are key to your success in the game. You cannot be expected to remember all this information, or make copious hand-written notes, so that is why the SNEAK has a Memory function.

When vital information is discovered by your character the message Data Memorized will appear on the screen. This This will open the Multiplan Virtual Locker menu. indicates that the information (or at least the key parts of it) are stored in your SNEAK memory mode. • Highlight the fourth icon (yellow) down from the left using the arrow keys. The icon In the centre of the screen are the items you are carrying in your SNEAK inventory. will flash and change the central display on the SNEAK to a list of Memorised items You can scroll up / down this list using the up/down arrow keys. or the names of the source of the information. • Press the right arrow and (if there is one) you will highlight a memory source (such as a name). At the same time a box will appear on the central display revealing a vital piece of information that has been ‘memorised’. If there are many memory items scroll through them using the up/down arrow keys.

Arrow keys will take you back out of the Memory section. The spacebar will take you back to the 3D world.

26 23 OPTIONS QUIT The next SNEAK mode is the Game Options function. If you want to adjust Game Options, now that you are in-game, you The Quit option gets you out of the game. can do so from here. The options shown are the same as the Main Menu screen options (see above). • Highlight the fifth icon down (the red one) from the left using the arrow keys icon. This icon will flash and change the If you want to leave the game at any point select this option. display on the SNEAK to the list of Game Options. • Press the down arrow to highlight the (white) Quit icon on the lower right side of the screen. This will flash. • Press Action and confirm your choice (Yes/No)

You have now explored the SNEAK. As you can see it has a multitude of uses and will be very useful to you in your adventure.

Getting Back to the Game • Press TAB or the spacebar to return to the 3D world.

• Use the right arrow key to enter the options section and the up/down arrow keys to select from: •Video Options • Audio Options • Game Options (includes Difficulty Settings) • Controls Options (includes Redefine the keys)

For a full explanation of these Options see the Main Menu screen section (above). • Press the left arrow key to return to the SNEAK menu or the Cancel button to return to the 3D world.

24 25 OPTIONS QUIT The next SNEAK mode is the Game Options function. If you want to adjust Game Options, now that you are in-game, you The Quit option gets you out of the game. can do so from here. The options shown are the same as the Main Menu screen options (see above). • Highlight the fifth icon down (the red one) from the left using the arrow keys icon. This icon will flash and change the If you want to leave the game at any point select this option. display on the SNEAK to the list of Game Options. • Press the down arrow to highlight the (white) Quit icon on the lower right side of the screen. This will flash. • Press Action and confirm your choice (Yes/No)

You have now explored the SNEAK. As you can see it has a multitude of uses and will be very useful to you in your adventure.

Getting Back to the Game • Press TAB or the spacebar to return to the 3D world.

For a full explanation of these Options see the Main Menu screen section (above). • Press the left arrow key to return to the SNEAK menu or the Cancel button to return to the 3D world.

24 25 THE MULTIPLAN VIRTUAL LOCKER If the Inventory list is longer than the visible screen press the down arrow to scroll down. Remember that the Cancel The SNEAK will only hold a limited number of objects but the game requires that you have access to a wide range of items. button will always return you to the previous menu. On Omikron these objects can be stored in a virtual locker. Working in conjunction with the Khonsu MK400 SNEAK, the Multiplan Virtual Locker is accessible on many locations in Omikron (Kay’l’s Apartment, Office, other characters’ offices The SNEAK will only carry a limited number of objects (18) and must therefore be used in conjunction with the Multiplan etc.) Essentially it is the means by which you can transfer objects to a safe place without having to carry everything Virtual Locker (see below). Always check your inventory. It will be the default selection when you press TAB to open around with you. the SNEAK. If you do not have the right item in your possession in certain stages of the game, you will not succeed in your quest! Accessing the Multiplan • Locate a terminal then stand your character in front of it and press Action. MEMORY The next section of the SNEAK is the Memory function.

Arrow keys will take you back out of the Memory section. The spacebar will take you back to the 3D world.

26 23 SETEKS Transferring items to the Multiplan The Setek is the Omikron currency and you won’t survive long without money. If you find Seteks during the adventure The top option is the transfer TO the Multiplan from the SNEAK inventory. they will be added here. When you spend money the total will be deducted from that shown here. • Highlight the top right icon. An arrow will flash pointing into the blue box and the message panel at the top of the screen will read ‘Transfer to Multiplan’. MAGIC RINGS • To transfer items from the SNEAK to the Multiplan press Action (the arrow will stay lit). The rings held in the Inventory have two uses - most importantly a Ring enables you to Save a game at special saving • Now you can select one of the objects with the up/down arrow keys. points (see below Saving the Game). Rings can be found in various locations but there are a limited number in the game. • When you have highlighted an item, press Action. That item will disappear from the SNEAK list. It has been transferred A Ring can also be used as a means to Buy Advice (see below). to the Virtual Locker.

22 27 Deleting Objects INVENTORY You can delete any object from the Multiplan list. The next mode on the SNEAK is the Inventory. This is one of the main uses of the SNEAK. Control of inventory is crucial • Highlight the fourth icon down using the arrow key and press Action. to success in the game. • Select an item using the up/down arrow keys and press Action, that item will be deleted permanently. Think twice before you do this! Throughout the game there will be objects that can be picked up. To pick up an item, stand near the object and press Action. Your character will pick it up and a short description will appear on the screen. If you want to keep the object SAVING YOUR GAME (you think it might be useful later in the game) press Action again and it will be transferred to the SNEAK and will then It’s very important to save the game as often as you can, because you’ll never know what’s going to happen to your appear in this Inventory section. If you want to drop it press Cancel. character just around the next corner. To save a game you need to find any of the permanent Save/Advice Points and use Magic Rings. ACCESSING THE INVENTORY • Highlight the third icon down (brown) on the left using the arrow keys. The icon will flash and change the display In-game Save/Advice Points on the SNEAK to a list of Inventory items. Throughout the game there are pre-set Save/Advice Points indicated by three rotating rings. • To save your game, simply approach the rings and press the Action key. Magic Rings Map

This will open the Save/Advice Option screen. This allows you to save the current Seteks List game and to ‘buy’ advice about key aspects of the game.

• Press the right arrow key once and this will highlight one of possibly three objects in your possession. These items are always with you and can be added to throughout the game

28 21 THE SLIDER TRANSPORTER SAVING THE GAME The next icon on your SNEAK is the control for calling the Slider. • The top option shows ‘New Save’. Highlight the Save option and press Action. The game will be saved and you will be returned to the 3D world. The name will be dependant on which character you are playing, the date and time of the save. You can walk to many destinations in the game world but to get somewhere fast you will use a ‘Slider’. Sliders are individual transportation vehicles on Omikron GETTING ADVICE that will, when summoned, pick you up when you are outside and take you to a • The second option allows you to Buy Advice. A list of characters you have pre-designated address. met and talked to is shown with details of the key information you should be acting on. Highlight the character you want advice about and you will see CALLING THE SLIDER a cost in Magic Rings (and a summary of how many Rings you are carrying). • Highlight the second icon (green) down from the left using the arrow keys. This will flash and change the SNEAK If you have sufficient Rings, select Buy or Cancel. Mode to Calling the Slider. • Press the right arrow key to highlight the ‘Calling the Slider’ options. • Use the up/down arrow keys to select a location you want to be taken to (e.g. Kay’l’s Apartment) and press Action. Magic Rings As mentioned above, you may have found a number of special magic rings in the adventure that are now in your SNEAK (in a special section along with your Omikron currency and Map). These magic rings can be collected like other objects but will appear in your SNEAK Inventory as a rotating object.

20 29 GETTING AROUND OMIKRON ENERGY This section gives you a brief overview of the ways you can move your character around Omikron. A general value for the amount of energy the character has. A low value before a fight or combat, or any form of physical exertion, is not advised. Energy can be topped up using Medikits, Food or Walking special Potions. Obviously you’re going to do a lot of walking in this adventure. Use the arrow keys for Forward/Backward/Left/Right + Control Left/Right for side-step left/right. If you want to run whilst moving forward, hold down the Run. MANA The ability of the character to cast spells. Using Elevators This is a vast world where most apartments, offices and buildings have to be accessed via elevators. To change levels in FIGHT EXPERIENCE most buildings or to get access to most apartments, simply enter the elevator and press Enter. Offices such as the A general description of the fighting experience of the character. This can be improved Security Centre will offer you a number of levels that can be accessed. by practice. • Use the arrow keys to select a level and press Action to activate the elevator. ATTACK The unarmed fighting ‘bonus’ of the character. The higher this value is, the more damage your character will inflict on opponents. This can only be improved by practice.

DODGE The combat agility of the character. This can be improved by practice.

Remember that different characters will have different abilities. Study these carefully and use them wisely.

30 19 SNEAK Modes CALLING THE SLIDER There are six SNEAK Modes accessible: • Highlight the second icon down (green) from the left using the arrow keys. This will flash and change the SNEAK Mode • Your Character to Calling the Slider. • Calling the Slider • Inventory (includes Saving, Currency and Map) • Memory •Options • Quit

The Slider door will open and you will get in. Be careful standing in or crossing the road - you might get hit by the traffic!

The Slider will drive you to the correct address and deposit you as near as possible to the building entrance.

18 31 LOOKING AROUND Accessing the SNEAK First Person Perspective • Press the TAB Key to open the SNEAK menu. The Nomad Soul will select a view of the adventure for you in ‘cinematic style’ (long shots, close-ups, high angle, tracking shots etc.) This adds to the ‘cinematic’ quality of the adventure. However, at certain points you may want to know just The SNEAK will always open on the Inventory option (probably the most used option) but the following is a breakdown of what it is you are about to walk into and the default view taken by the game is not helpful. In such a case: everything it does: • Either, press (and hold down) the left mouse button, • Or, press (and hold down) key ‘L’ to get a first person perspective view through the eyes of your character. Characteristics

Call the slider Quit

Inventory Seteks

Memory Magic Rings

Options Map

• Then you can look all around you by moving the mouse freely.

This view will only work when the character is standing still.

32 17 THE SNEAK Investigating You’re advised to investigate everything you find - this may take time but you do not want to miss out on any item or information that could be crucial to your success in the adventure. If there is a cupboard and it’s open (or you find a key) why not open it and see what’s inside? • Stand your character in front of the cupboard etc and press Action. The character’s hand will touch the cupboard and open it - if it’s locked or it’s not worth bothering about, he will tell you.

Inside the cupboard there may be nothing or there may be several useful objects. • Stand close to the objects and press Action to pick one up.

16 33 MEDIKITS Animation Screens Medikits can be found in many locations. Pick them up and put them into your SNEAK as normal and they will be shown on Throughout The Nomad Soul you will be shown animated sequences of vital information - these animations could be a the Inventory list. preview of an action section showing you the area you will have to battle in etc. In all cases the screen will switch to ‘widescreen mode’ to let you know that all you have to do is watch the next section To top up your energy level (if you are anticipating a fight): • Open your SNEAK (press Tab) Picking Up Objects/Items • Select the Medikit (large or small) using the arrow keys and press Action. You will find many objects or items in The Nomad Soul. Some of these objects • Select the USE option and press Action - you will find that your character has had an energy boost. may be useful to you (some will be crucial to your investigations) but others will not. It is up to you to decide. If you see an object that you want to Eating and Drinking pick up, move the character close to it and press Action, the character will There are many places in Omikron that provide food and drink to sustain your character - they could be anything from pick it up in his hand and a message will inform you what it is. bars, vending machines or restaurants. If you want to take the object press Action again and it will be placed into AT THE BAR your SNEAK Inventory (see below). If you do not want the object, press If you want a drink in a bar, stand close to a bartender and press Action. You will be asked what you want. Cancel. This will make the character return it to its original location. Once • Select your choice and press Action. you have the object in your possession, you can choose to Use it or Examine it by accessing the SNEAK options. VENDING MACHINES There is a selection of standard food/drink vending machines on Omikron. Inventory Management • Stand in front of the machine and press Action. You will see a menu screen allowing you to choose from Buy, Examine You cannot hold everything you find in your hands. You have the use of a ‘SNEAK’ that, among its many uses, will help you or Quit. manage your inventory of all the objects you have collected. • Highlight the Buy icon with the arrow keys and press Action • Select the item from the list with the arrow keys and press Action to put it into your SNEAK inventory (say, a can of beer).

34 15 Conversations AT THE RESTAURANT You will not make any progress in the game without talking to other characters. They will give you valuable information Restaurants are similar to vending machines. (good or bad) that you may be able to use later. • To talk to another character, approach him/her and press Action. If he/she has anything to say, the screen will change To drink or eat the item: (widescreen style and text will appear below it). • Select the item on the SNEAK and press Action. • Select the ‘Use’ option at the top of the screen and press Action (your character will have consumed the item).

If you’ve already talked to the character and wish to move quickly through conversation sections of the game then you can press the Action to progress.

14 35 The Fighting Controls The Control Keys The Adventure part of the game can be controlled using the Adventure/Movement Keys listed below. All keys are shown Move Forward Right Arrow here but when you are playing the game you would be wise to have The Nomad Soul Key Guide close at hand. Move Backward Left Arrow ADVENTURE/MOVEMENT CONTROL KEYS Strafe Left Delete

36 13 GETTING STARTED HEALTH BARS Your Health bar will appear on the left of your screen to show your health in any combat.

12 37 SWIMMING MOUSE SETTINGS Your character will have to swim at various points in the adventure. You can make him swim on the water (crawl or Adjusts the settings for your Mouse and will give you the following options: breaststroke), dive and swim underwater. Be aware that, unless you have made special provisions, he will use up oxygen and will need to come to the surface to rest and take in more air. MOUSE SENSITIVITY (HORIZONTAL) and MOUSE SENSITIVITY (VERTICAL) If you find your Mouse too responsive or less responsive on either plane, adjust here using the arrow keys.

INVERT MOUSE This will invert the vertical control of the Mouse.

SET JOYPAD CONTROLS Same as ‘Set Keyboard and Mouse controls’ but:

To redefine a button: • Highlight the button you want to change • Press Action and it will begin to flash • Press the new selected button on the joypad etc and it will appear on screen

Quit Select this option to Quit the game. You will be asked to confirm your choice.

38 11 Controls The Swimming Controls SET KEYBOARD & MOUSE CONTROLS All control settings in The Nomad Soul are fully customisable. By selecting this option you will be able to redefine all Forward Up Arrow controls used in the following action sections: Back Down Arrow Turn Left Left Arrow ADVENTURE CONTROLS Moving around the 3D world Turn Right Right Arrow Action / Use Enter FIGHT CONTROLS Dive Right CTRL Unarmed fighting controls Crawl Stroke Right Shift SHOOT CONTROLS MANA AND SPELLCASTING Armed fighting controls At some point in your adventure you will need to cast spells. Mana (the value in the SWIM CONTROLS Characteristics Mode of the SNEAK) is the energy that empowers you to cast spells. You can Swimming controls increase your Mana level by gathering potions throughout the adventure on Omikron and using them as appropriate. To redefine a key: • Highlight the function you want to change • Press Enter and it will begin to flash • Press the new selected key on the keyboard/mouse and it will appear on-screen

10 39 CREDITS: QUANTIC DREAM SOUND FX Use the arrow keys to adjust the slider for all sound effects volume

40 9 DISPLAY SKY YES/NO Sound Effects, Ambient & Body Motion Capture by: Acti System Select whether to display sky graphics or not Additional tracks: Xavier Despas QUANTIC DREAM WOULD LIKE TO THANK: Original English Voices by: David Bowie John for his faith. Bruno for believing when there really was no DISPLAY SHADOWS YES/NO David Gasman reason to. Iman, David and Reeves for their enthusiasm, their Select to display shadow effects Paul Bandey talent and their intelligence. Charles for accepting the challenge. Karen Strassman Philip for his support and enthusiasm. Eidos and Eidos, France. DETAIL LEVEL Christian Erickson Tony and Ed for the quality of the casting and devoting so much Select a level of detail from Low to High. Barbara Weber time to us. All the people that sent us encouraging e-mails and Gay Marshall supported us from the start. Our wives and girlfriends for being STREET ACTIVITY Edward Marcus patient and understanding. All the staff at Quantic Dream for the Select a level of ‘street activity’ from None/Low/Medium/High/Very High Allan Wenger sleepless nights and the long week-ends. Joe Rezwin Patrick Floersheim Original Songs and SELECT 3D ACCELERATION Soundtrack: David Bowie & Reeves Gabrels Choose a 3D acceleration mode from Display (your 3D card), Software Rendering (in software) Iman 631: Iman or Direct X Software Renderer Facial Lipsynching and The Dreamers: David Bowie Dialogue Motion Capture: Tribu Audio Options Reeves Gabrels Audio options give you control over all of the audio elements of The Nomad Soul Gail Ann Dorsey Mr Bowie’s Motion Capture created & performed by Edouard Locke

8 41 CREDITS: EIDOS INTERACTIVE NEW GAME Start a new game of The Nomad Soul. You will have to enter a Game Name, (using the keyboard) then you will be shown the introduction. Producer UK Herve Albertazzi Localisation Flavia T Grant with Holly Andrews Shadow Producer US Tom Marx LOAD GAME Development Managers Europe David Rose Select Load Game to open the Load Game Menu. This will reveal a list of previously saved games Senior Designer Philip Campbell US Nicholas Earl • Simply highlight the name of the saved game you want to load and press Enter to select. Additional support and ideas Paul Glancey Product Managers UK Michael Newey Then highlight the Load option. Press Enter again to Load and The Nomad Soul will load US Susan Boshkoff to the saved point. QA Managers UK Tony Bourne France Olivier Salomon US Mike McHale Germany Lars Wittkuhn In this menu screen you can also Delete a Saved Game or Cancel the Menu (to return to the QA Project Co-Ordinator Dominic Berzins previous screen). PR UK Jonathan Rosenblatt & QA Teams: UK David Rousseau with Steve Starvis OPTIONS Nicolas Gianel France Priscille Demoly Guillaume Petit Germany Sascha Gree-Kaiser This features a range of options to set up the game to suit the specification of your particular David Asenkat machine. You might need to adjust some of these Options if you find that the game is running slow. Jon Reddington Creative Manager: Matt Carter-Johnson Tyrone O’Neil Creative Co-ordinator: Caroline Simon Video Option Linus Dominique Video Options gives you a chance to configure the game graphics to the specification of your Sammy Kil SPECIAL THANKS TO: machine. Select with the option with the arrow keys and confirm by pressing the Action key. Alexandre Lepoureau Charles Cornwall, Ian Livingstone, Mike McGarvey, John Kavanagh, US Clayton Palma with Rob Dyer, William Zysblat, Robert Goodale, Janey de Nordwall, Nick Chris Lovenguth Davies, Debbie Lash, Eva Whitlow, Rose Montgomery, Lee Briggs, RESOLUTION Pierre Roux, Paul Sheppard, Amanda & Sam. Select a screen resolution (640x480; 800x600; etc)

Compatibility Testing Jason Walker Manual text The Write Stuff CLIPPING DISTANCE Manual design & layout A Creative Experience, Select a Clipping Distance from Very Near to Very Far London

42 7 THE MAIN MENU OMIKRON: THE NOMAD SOUL

6 43 “Seven” TECHNICAL Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS administered by Bug Music, Inc. Minimum: Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. • Pentium 233MHz processor or equivalent 100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible Soundcard • Windows® 95/98 4x CD-ROM Drive “We All Go Through” • 32 Mb RAM 350MB Hard Disc Space Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels • 4 Mb SVGA Video Card (100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible) DirectX® 6.1 or higher (included on CD) Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) administered by Bug Music, Inc. Recommended: Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. • Pentium® II 266MHz (or better) • 8x CD-ROM Drive or faster “The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell” • 4 Mb 3D Card (100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible) Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., Exploded View Music Installation (ASCAP) administered by Bug Music, Inc. • Insert The Nomad Soul CD 1 into your CD-ROM drive. If Autorun is enabled, The Nomad Soul will take you to the Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., Exploded View Music/Bug Music, Ltd. Installation Screen. • Simply click on the Install button and follow all on-screen directions. You will be asked to insert CDs 2 and 3. “Omikron (New Angels of Promise)” • If Autoplay has not been enabled then you’ll have to double-click on the ‘My Computer’ icon on the desktop, then on the Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels CD-ROM icon and then click on Setup.exe. Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) • Once The Nomad Soul is installed it will appear in the Program group on the Start Menu. administered by Bug Music, Inc. Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. Loading • Select Start/Programs/Eidos Interactive/Quantic Dream/The Nomad Soul and then highlight ‘The Nomad Soul’. • The game will now load.

44 5 INTRODUCTION “The Dreamers” Written by: David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels Publisher: North America Nipple Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., My Half Music (ASCAP) I have many things to tell you, and very little time. My... my administered by Bug Music, Inc. name is Kay’l, I come from a parallel universe to yours. My Rest Of World Nipple Music/RZO Music Ltd., My Half Music/Bug Music, Ltd. world needs your help, you’re the only one who can save us. I succeeded in opening a breach between my world and yours. © 1999 David Bowie under exclusive license to Virgin Records America, Inc. Through your computer, you can enter our world and help us. David Bowie appears courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc. But in order to do this, you must transfer your soul into my body.

Do you accept? Press any key to say yes, but hurry... there isn’t much time.

Now I must explain to you how to control my body. These are the main controls that allow you to act in my universe.

That’s it. You’re ready. But remember, once you’ve crossed the breach, you’re on your own.

There’s no saving and going back if you get into trouble. You are entering a real world. If you make mistakes, you’ll just have to accept the consequences.

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